AV-in in PANASONIC NV-MV21 VHS VCR doesnt show a picture.

HII am trying to connect a CCD camera to an AV IN of a Panasonic NV-MV21 and all I am getting is a black picture. I tried to connect PS2 to the AV and (video and audio) but was able to hear the audio only when in the menu but still without a picture.Just bought it second hand (or more :) )Any help and advice will be appreciated.ThanksEthan

have you tried swapping the scart lead socket on the back of the dvd vcr i had this problem and i found out i was using the wrong scart socket make sure you are using the t v scart and not the
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audio heads and video heads are seperate on VCR"s.....the video head might be extremely dirty and not able to pick up information from the tape..this requires major cleaning...manually..not with cleaning tapes....the guides might need to be re-adjusted..mechanically....or worst case is the little ferrite beads of the pick up heads on the video cylinder are no longer there, have broken off. in any case, the machine needs to be opened for service....cleaning the heads manually, you can do yourself with some paper such as note pad paper and acetone. acetone cleans very well, you spin the cylinder by hand while holding the acetone soaked paper against the heads. you might need to repeat this a few times with fresh paper depending on how much dirt comes off....good luck
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have you connected up correctly, have you selected correct EXTERNAL inputs, you do NOT "tune" a Channel to see picture, you choose external AV input on set. Must connect color to color. 3 for Composite Video AV.Yellow, Video, Red & White Audio. and 5 cables for Component 3 for Video , & 2 for Audio Blue, Green, Red, Also Red & White, Audio.
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Look under your tv settings for the pal ntc settings if you are using the av wire, if not please tell my what yoiu are using, also mak sure that youve pluged the av wire in the yello conecter av out on dvd/vhs and @ the tv AV in

have you tried swapping the scart lead socket on the back of the dvd vcr i had this problem and i found out i was using the wrong scart socket make sure you are using the t v scart and not the
decoder one
cheers

Connect the AV output of the Sky box to the AV input of the Panasonic combo.Look at rear of the Combo and you will observe input and output RCA connections.Using RCA leads, hookup the Av output of the Panasonic to the audio/video input of the Sony tv. Power up Appliances, and you should be OK.